Breaking the Trend

Apparently, the welfare system has counteracted with literacy and has corrupted literacy in the system. The problem is that the system is very discriminative toward those who need the assistance. My belief is that a lot of the discrimination comes from the flawed system itself. The welfare system was put in place to help those who are in temporary need. But, in our society people take advantage of the system abusing the resources. Therefore, it is harder for those who need the resources given by the welfare system to gain respect and help necessary for them to receive benefits. Black women, especially, are hit hard by the stereotypes just as writer Sandra Golden was in her essay Black and on Welfare: What You Don’t Know About Single Parent Women. Her personal experiences in a welfare office was filled with attitude and insensitivity. She also stated that many caseworkers believe the welfare recipient is uneducated, unskilled, and unmotivated to name a few. Meaning the caseworker felt the literacy of the recipients was very low therefore, the caseworker does not ask the background education of the recipient.

A huge part of women needing to receive the welfare assistance is because most jobs they obtain do not have benefits. This need for benefits is very important for them to support their families. The welfare system does not recognize the special interest of its recipients. Without knowing the academic background of their recipients, these women are placed in work training programs. There are many other literacy’s valuable to the work system that welfare is so anxious to put welfare recipients in. The common literacy’s are community, home, and workplace. These are common literacy’s to the Black woman who takes part in her community, who has children of her own, and who has held a job position before. Literacy is a common ground for people to advance in society therefore, it is very important for them to gain as much experience as possible to ensure they do not have to rely on welfare.